Emerik Derenčin

Emerik Derenčin
Imre Derencsényi
Ban of Croatia
In office
April 1493 – 9 September 1493
Preceded by Ladislav of Egervár
Succeeded by Ladislaus Kanizsai
Personal details
Spouse(s) Ursula Zapolya
Parents János Derencsényi
Military service
Battles/wars Battle of Krbava Field (1493)

Emerik Derenčin (Hungarian: Imre Derencsényi, Croatian: Mirko Derenčin) was a Hungarian-Croatian nobleman remembered as the commander of the Croatian troops in the 1493 Battle of Krbava field.

He was a member of the Derencsényi family from the kindred of Balog.[1] Prior to becoming the ban, Derenčin was the military captain of Senj,[2] and the ban of Jajce.[3]

Derencsényi and John Both were named the Ban of Croatia and Dalmatia and Ban of Slavonia in 1493.[4] In the Battle of Krbava field, the Croats under Derenčin suffered a devastating loss, and Derenčin himself was taken captive and killed.

Family

Derencsényi married Orsolya Zápolya, sister of Stephen Zápolya, the Palatine of Hungary. They had two sons and, probably, a daughter.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Marek, Miroslav. "Derencsényi family". Genealogy.EU.
  2. ↑ Tomislav Maretić (ed.), Dragutin Boranić (ed.), Zbornik za narodni život i običaje južnih Slavena, Volume 29, Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts, 1933, p. 30.
  3. ↑ Vjekoslav Klaić, Povijest Hrvata: I Treće doba, Book 1. Zagreb: Tisak i naklada knjižare L. Hartmana, 1904, p. 192.
  4. 1 2 Markó, László: A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig – Életrajzi Lexikon pp. 445-446. (The High Officers of the Hungarian State from Saint Stephen to the Present Days – A Biographical Encyclopedia) (2nd edition); Helikon Kiadó Kft., 2006, Budapest; ISBN 963-547-085-1.
Political offices
Preceded by
Ladislaus Egervári		 Ban of Croatia
alongside John Both de Bajna
1493		 Succeeded by
Ladislaus Kanizsai


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